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02-12-2005, 10:53 PM
Shareholders Are Nice as Mice - LATimes.com, 2/12/05 (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20050212/ts_latimes/shareholdersareniceasmice)
MINNEAPOLIS — There were no protests this year, no pickets, no calls for Chief Executive Michael Eisner to pack his bags.
In contrast to the Philadelphia rebellion of one year ago, Walt Disney Co.'s annual shareholder meeting Friday was a tepid three-hour affair perhaps best summed up by Nancy Walsh, a 54-year-old mother of four from Plymouth, Minn., who owns 375 shares.
"I thought it was wonderful. I've never been to a meeting before," she said, after having her picture taken with "Aladdin" character Princess Jasmine. "People in the Midwest, we tend to be a lot gentler, not like the spitfire East Coasters."
MINNEAPOLIS — There were no protests this year, no pickets, no calls for Chief Executive Michael Eisner to pack his bags.
In contrast to the Philadelphia rebellion of one year ago, Walt Disney Co.'s annual shareholder meeting Friday was a tepid three-hour affair perhaps best summed up by Nancy Walsh, a 54-year-old mother of four from Plymouth, Minn., who owns 375 shares.
"I thought it was wonderful. I've never been to a meeting before," she said, after having her picture taken with "Aladdin" character Princess Jasmine. "People in the Midwest, we tend to be a lot gentler, not like the spitfire East Coasters."